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May 1, 2024 · The total for all speakers of Nilo-Saharan languages according to Ethnologue 16 is 38–39 million people. However, the data spans a range from ca. 1980 to 2005, with a weighted median at ca. 1990. Given population growth rates, the figure in 2010 might be half again higher, or about 60 million.
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- ca. 70 million for all branches listed below.
- Proposed language family
2 days ago · Nilo-Saharan languages. Foreign languages. List of languages. See also. Notes. Bibliographies. External links. Languages of Nigeria. There are over 525 native languages spoken in Nigeria. [1] [2] [3] The official language and most widely spoken lingua franca is English, [4] [5] which was the language of Colonial Nigeria.
3 days ago · Nigeria is a country located on the western coast of Africa that has a diverse geography, with climates ranging from arid to humid equatorial. Hundreds of languages are spoken in Nigeria, including Yoruba, Igbo, Fula, Hausa, Edo, Ibibio, Tiv, and English. Nigeria’s capital is Abuja.
Apr 17, 2024 · Around the world, just 23 languages are spoken by over half of the population! In this article, we delve into the latest statistics on languages spoken globally, focusing on their distribution across countries as of 2024.
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Apr 22, 2024 · 1. Arabic. 2. French. 3. Swahili. 4. Hausa. 5. Igbo. 6. Yoruba. 7. Berber. 8. Oromo. 9. Portuguese. 10. Amharic. The Next 40 Most Spoken Languages in Africa. And One More Thing... Download: This blog post is available as a convenient and portable PDF that you can take anywhere. Click here to get a copy. (Download)
3 days ago · We're talking about languages spoken in Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, that area of Eastern Africa. There's also the Nilo-Saharan group, which is related to Afro-Asiatic but seems to be its own language family. These are the languages of the Upper Nile, as it were, and interior parts of Eastern Africa; we’re talking Nubian, Massai, and many others.
May 2, 2024 · Ethiopia is home to 88 languages, making it one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world. The four major language groups in Ethiopia are Semitic, Cushitic, Omotic, and Nilo-Saharan. Oromo and Amharic are the most widely spoken languages in Ethiopia, with Oromo being the most spoken language in terms of native speakers.
